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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having been made or come into being only a short time ago; recent: a new law.

adj. Still fresh: a new coat of paint.

adj. Never used or worn before now: a new car; a new hat.

adj. Just found, discovered, or learned: new information.

adj. Not previously experienced or encountered; novel or unfamiliar: ideas new to her.

adj. Different from the former or the old: the new morality.

adj. Recently obtained or acquired: new political power; new money.

adj. Additional; further: new sources of energy.

adj. Recently arrived or established in a place, position, or relationship: new neighbors; a new president.

adj. Changed for the better; rejuvenated: The nap has made a new person of me.

adj. Being the later or latest in a sequence: a new edition.

adj. Currently fashionable: a new dance.

adj. In the most recent form, period, or development.

adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed: new at the job; new to the trials of parenthood.

ad. Freshly; recently. Often used in combination: new-mown.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Recently made, or created.

adj. Additional; recently discovered.

adj. Current or later, as opposed to former.

adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

adj. Young.

adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

adj. Recently arrived or appeared.

adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

adj. next; about to begin or recently begun

ad. Newly.

ad. As new; from scratch.

n. Things that are new.

n. A kind of light beer.

v. To make new; to renew.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old

adj. Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered

adj. Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been

adj. As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent.

adj. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.

adj. Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.

adj. Fresh from anything; newly come.

ad. Newly; recently.

v. To make new; to renew.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Lately or freshly made, invented, produced, grown, or in any way or by any means come into being or use; novel; recent; having existed a short time only: opposed to old, and used of things: as, a new coat; a new book; a new fashion; a new idea; new wine; new cheese; new potatoes.

Lately introduced to knowledge; not before known; recently discovered: as, a new metal; a new species of animals or plants.

Appearing in a changed character or condition, or in a changed aspect of opinion, feeling, or health, resulting from the influence of a change in the dominant idea, principle, or habit; changed from the former state, physical, mental, moral, or spiritual, of the same person.

[In the following extract used substantively:

Not habituated; unfamiliar; unaccustomed: as, he is new to his surroundings; a statement new to me.

Other than the former or the old; different ; not the same as before: as, a new horse.

Freshly emerged from any condition or the effects of any event.

Not previously well known; not belonging to a well-known family, or not long known to history: as, new people.

Not used before, or recently brought into use; not second-hand: as, a new copy of a book; new furniture.

Recently begun; starting afresh: as, a new moon.

Retaining original freshness; unimpaired.

Not the old; distinguished from the old while named after it: used specifically in place-names: as, New York; New London; New Guinea.

Modern; in present use: as, New High German; New Latin; New Greek.

Synonyms New, Novel, Modern, Fresh, Recent, Late. In this connection new is opposed to old; novel to familiar; modern to ancient, medieval, antiquated, old-fashioned; fresh to stale; recent and late to early. New is the general word; that which is novel is unexpected, strange, striking, often in new form, but also pleasing: as, a novel combination of old ideas; that which is modern and fresh exists at the time referred tu; that which is recent or late is separated from the time of action by only a short interval: as, the late ministry, a recent arrival, recent times.

Newly; lately; recently.

Anew.

[New is much used adverbially in composition: as, in new- born, new -droppedj new -made, new -grown, new -formed, new -found.)]

adj. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

adj. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

adj. unfamiliar

adj. unaffected by use or exposure

adj. lacking training or experience

adj. having no previous example or precedent or parallel

ad. very recently

adj. other than the former one(s); different

adj. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

adj. in use after medieval times

adj. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new

adj. original and of a kind not seen before

Word Usage

"No. 844/General Motors/U.S./Consumer durables In June 2009 old GM filed for bankruptcy and sold substantially all of its assets to a new independent company (the new GM), which currently doesnt trade."

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